several weeks in November with warm for here days and light streaming in through the windows in the morning. Even as winter is on its way there is a reprieve, a pardon, in it all, a sense that inevitability is delayed in the depth of the season's cold hand being stayed.
I wish I had a window in my office but I take every opportunity to walk between the buildings on my campus and get a taste of these days. Seconds are stored up for withdrawal later when the snow flies and cold winds keep us all indoors like plants in a terrarium. Soon these days, a disaster if they happened south of here, will seem balmy. In other places crops would die and people would shiver in the dark but here in Minnesota 40 degrees and sun is relief.
People always say that life is best lived day by day but we rarely do it. Mostly we plan and scheme and live always for the next day or some aspiration yet to be revealed. Time slips by and we grow too soon old and too late wise. But a sunny day in November is a treasure in and of itself, a reminder to slow down and enjoy the gift. Pity the poor person driving home through the hordes oblivious to the sun on their face.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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Minnesota and most other states have been fortunate this fall, in that there has been very little -- if any -- snow, and the days have not been too cold. Let's hope this weather pattern continues into the first couple of weeks in December.
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